State v. Johnson

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Defendant-appellant James Burl Johnson was charged by information with prior conviction of four felonies under the Habitual ’Criminal Act, Section 556.280 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., and with the offense of forcible rape, Section 559.260 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. Upon trial, he was convicted of rape as charged and his punishment was assessed at thirty years in the State penitentiary.

The conviction was supported by substantial evidence tending to show that defendant at nighttime and at the point of a pistol abducted four young women, forced them to drive an automobile to a secluded…